Month: December 2014

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.com discuss last weekend’s Premier League games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1EV1skgLP8 CHRISTMAS DAY 1914 – football was played during a break in the First World War…….. https://you-are-the-ref.com/back-pass-by-mike-pavasovic-christmas/ ……and how the Christmas truce led to a court martial https://uk.news.yahoo.com/christmas-truce-led-court-martial-101311265–sow.html#M3yn9ZA FERGIE TIME…

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.com discuss last weekend’s Premier League games and ‘diving’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jl_wf5LUFo Premier League referees need to be more consistent when it comes to simulation http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2874590/Premier-League-referees-need-consistent-comes-simulation.html? HOWARD WEBB : Discusses simulation/diving on SKY http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/9578521/webb,-carragher-&-neville-discuss-diving? Premier League referees have…

There was a report in national newspapers last year of a young thug attacking a seventies pensioner as he was unloading the boot of his car. The newspapers concentrated on the fact that the pensioner was a former amateur boxer…

Last week in Belfast there were two important meetings, which might even be called historic in the story of the Laws of the Game. I reported last year that the make up of the International Football Association Board, which calls…

One of two talking points at our November open meeting came courtesy of Paul Gaskin, who had the room contemplating whether or not to caution the goalkeeper, who might have credibly been sent off; a decision he recently faced in…

Stuart Marsh raised one of two talking points at the November open meeting and related it specifically to the local Sunday League. However, it could be put into practise in any match in which club assistants are required. Stuart cited…

Kicking off at 7.45pm, we hope to see you all at the Reading RA’s final open meeting of the year on Thursday 18 December for an entertaining Christmas themed spectacular. A sumptuous spread is being laid on with help of…

Our guest speaker in November had been a Level 3 referee and a Level 4 Referee Tutor, but has decided to take a step back to become a Level 5 referee and Level 2 Tutor. His experience however shone through…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote of a new service being offered to BBC Match of the Day by Howard Webb and fellow retired Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher. They are looking to advise about any controversial decisions that…